spongiform encephalopathy in young humans

[Vasconcelos Costa 385]

> From: kirberg at bii.ch (Jorg Kirberg)
> To: "bionet.virology mail newsgroup" <bionet-news at dl.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: spongiform encephalopathy in young humans
> 
> * how can it make sense if man never got it from sheep before ? I would
> think that one still has to wait for more cases before a link between BSE
> and humans eating whatever from the U.K. cattles can be made.
> jorg
> 
Weak argument! The agent of BSE is no longer the scrapie agent, though it
probably originated from scrapie. Therefore, the modifications from scrapie
to BSE may have made it infectious for man, even if the scrapie agent is not.

Joao

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